Atlantic Strawberry Cockle

Atlantic Strawberry Cockle
Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Atlantic Strawberry Cockle is rare on S. Hutchinson Island beaches.


Worn out example of a Strawberry Cockle (S. Hutchinson, Island March 2021)

See: Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic Strawberry-cockle (jaxshells.org).

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Americardia media
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Americardia media
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Mollusca
Class:     Bivalvia
Subclass:     Heterodonta
Order:     Cardiida
Family:     Cardiidae
Genus:     Americardia
Species:     A. media
Binomial name
Americardia media
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Americardia media , the Atlantic strawberry cockle, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the cockles. This species can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Cape Hatteras to the West Indies.[1]
References

    Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58.

Taxon identifiers    

    Wikidata: Q3014519 Fossilworks: 90889 GBIF: 2286579 iNaturalist: 292176 IRMNG: 11286553 ITIS: 80920 NCBI: 241156 SeaLifeBase: 47929 WoRMS: 420847


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